Xbox Game Pass still has the spark on PC, but it's not because of Microsoft

Those early days of PC Game Pass and its Xbox sibling were never going to last, and the gradual price creep has come as no surprise. Fortunately, under the guidance of new CEO Asha Sharma, Microsoft seems to have realized that its last hike overstepped the mark, dragging it back from the brink with a recent reduction in fees. I had been seriously considering pulling the plug until then, and might have done so were it not for the reversal, but it would have been a reluctant goodbye. On the eve of the most important Xbox conference in years, I want to take a moment to recognize what Microsoft is getting right, and why Game Pass still works for me as a PC player.